The worst of the worst of criminals. He deserves to be locked up for a very,
very long time. In the old days, they had the Death Penalty for this sort of
thing. In my opinion, that isn't too harsh for what appears these
circumstances to be. At least 4 women. Physical, emotional, sexual abuse,
kidnapping, torture.

So sorry for his family and parents. He flunked
the Test of Life in my opinion.

"The fact that he was a GOP fundraiser should not have been mentioned."
Well of course it should have been. It points out these predators are
everywhere, and alas, women can assume nothing about their own personal safety.
In this culture, there is no safe place for women. Anybody who has daughters
knows the constant worry. What can be done?

Now that the Deseret News has decided to print a person's political
affiliation as headline news, let's keep score. With as much as 80% of the
State being Republican, at least 80% of the crime should be committed by
Republicans. Anyone care to guess what the actual statistics are?

@ThereyougoagainWhy not? The cabin he allegedly raped one of these women
in was used the day before as a site for a GOP fundraiser and it shows what kind
of people some of our highest profile lawmakers are hanging out with. It is some
very relevant information.

The fact that this goon is a GOP fundraiser is completely fair game. The guy has
been hanging around with numerous of our elected officials in Utah and has been
at events for Romney. Of course this is news. The guy actually hosted big tea
party events. You don't think that is important to the story?

J ThompsonSPRINGVILLE, UTNow that the Deseret News has decided to
print a person's political affiliation as headline news, let's keep
score. With as much as 80% of the State being Republican, at least 80% of the
crime should be committed by Republicans. Anyone care to guess what the actual
statistics are?

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My guess: 80% republican 20%
democratic.

Actually, I think there are more independents in Utah
than there are Republicans. I could be wrong, but I do think that is true.

Why shouldn't the story include he was a GOP fundraiser? If he had been a
teacher or a cop that would have been printed and every good teacher and cop
would have had to live the with criticism and suspicion of their profession.
Why is that so many republicans on this board want to paint groups of people
with the same brush, but get really sensitive when one of their own commits a
crime and someone mentions that they are a republican? Kind of a double
standard isn't it?

If this is "guilt by association" then how guilty is the President for
associating with Bill Ayers, Tony Rezko, George Soros and all the
"gang"?

I always like to know when a event was used to trap
the unsuspecting, but I did not see the correlation. Plenty of men and women
have kidnapped people and taken them to a home or cabin and hurt them. I even
remember a police officer who took a girl up lamps canyon several years ago and
hurt her, but I certainly do not remember reading about his political party.

Are we supposed to be on guard every time a Democrat walks by because
Bill Ayers, who is also a Democrat, bombed the Pentagon? Should I make my
granddaughters run and hide every time a Democrat drives by because Ted Kennedy,
a Democrat, hurt and abused many young ladies, including Mary Jo Kopechne?

There is a line between giving us information that we need and
sensationalizing things to increase readership. I think that that line was
crossed.

To attempt an answer to my own question - what can we do? Women should have on
their persons unobtrusive devices which when pressed in some manner indicate an
emergency to police, complete withi GPS. What do you think? This is no joke -
something must be done!

So what if he's a GOP fundraiser? That is so, not important. This guy is
freak and deserves a lot of jail time. Of course by mentionining is BYU degrees
and accomplishments, Reavey is guilt by association implying he's a Mormon.

@Lane Myer"Actually, I think there are more independents in Utah than
there are Republicans. I could be wrong, but I do think that is true."

Rather than actually pulling numbers out of thin air, I actually did a
little bit of research on this. Turns out J Thompson was not even close. A
2009 Gallup Poll put the party affiliation in Utah at 55.1% Republican and 32.4%
Democratic. (Note that these numbers reflect self-reported affiliations, and
not official party registrations.)

So my guess for crime by
affiliation would be somewhere around 55% to 32%, but I doubt there are any
official statistics for it.

To the single ladies: be as cautious as you can be. Do not get so easily
impressed because the guy is in politics, rich, good family, whatever. Always,
always meet in public places and use your own transportation for a while!